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Kuniyoshi: The Faithful Samurai
by Weinberg, David R.
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- Used - Near fine
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- Near fine
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- First Edition
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- 2000
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- Hardcover
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- 9789074822176
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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NZ$152.28
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Leide, The Netherlands: Hotei Publishing, 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Near fine. A pioneering publication which deals with the most famous series-the Seishu gishi den (1847-48) and its sequel the Seishu gishin den (1848)-of the forty-seven masterless samuri (ronin) by Utagawa Kuniyoshi"-dust jacket.
191 pages. Illustrated in color. 10 by 12 inches. First edition (no indication… Read more about this item Item Price
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[California and the Japanese] Kariforunia to nihonjin
by Ebina, Kazuo
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- Used - Very good
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- First Edition
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- 1943
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- Trade paperback
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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NZ$3,756.24
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Tokyo: Rokko Shuppanbu, 1943. First Edition. Trade paperback. Very good. A very scarce wartime history of the Japanese in California that argues that the internment of Japanese and Japanese Americans was a symptom of the same pervasive anti-Japanese attitudes among Americans that had contributed to the Second World War.
The author, according to Yuji Ichioka writing in… Read more about this item Item Price
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[The Enactment of the 1924 Immigration Act and the Course of Japanese-American Negotiations (with the supplement) Official Documents and Related English Sources] Senkyuhyakunijuyonen Beikoku iminho seitei oyobi kore ni kansuru Nichi-Bei kosho keika [with] .... kobunsho Eibun fuzokusho
by [Ministry of Foreign Affairs ] Gaimushu
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- Used - Good
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- First Edition
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- 1924
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- Trade paperback
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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NZ$1,725.84
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Tokyo: Gaimushu (Ministry of Foreign Affairs), 1924. First Edition. Trade paperback. Good. A Japanese Foreign Ministry publication which compiles into one volume the communications between the Foreign Ministry and the Japanese Embassy on the 1924 Immigration Act and other proposed discriminatory legislation. Also contains Japanese translations of English materials relating to the Act and other proposed legislation and… Read more about this item Item Price
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[Ten Outstanding Recent Successes in the U.S.A.] Saikin beikoku seiko jikketsu
by Ishii, Isamu
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- Used - Good
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- 1903
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- Trade paperback
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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NZ$406.08
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Tokyo: Jitsugyo No Nihonsha, 1903. Trade paperback. Good. Profiles of ten successful American businessmen, published as part of a late Meiji-era interest in business practices and strategies. I would tell you who the ten American were, but I couldn't work out the phonetic spellings of their names in Japanese.
[2], 4, 26, [3 leaves of plates], 371,… Read more about this item Item Price
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[Diary of a Tour of the United States and Europe] Obei man'yu nisshi
by Otani, Kahyoe (also Romanized Kahei)
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- Used - Very good
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- First Edition
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- 1900
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- Hardcover
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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NZ$1,522.80
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Yokohama: (the author / Tokyo Insatsu Kabushiki Kaisha Yokohama Bunsha), 1900. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. A privately printed version of the diary kept by Otani Kahyoe, the president of the Japan Central Tea Traders' Association. "Mr. Otani visited America and Europe in 1899-1900, when he represented both the Tokyo and Yokohama Chambers of Commerce at the Philadelphia… Read more about this item Item Price
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[America on the Cheap: Tales of the Pursuit of Prosperity] Hokubei musen toko: Risshi boken
by Tengai Kikaku [a nom de plume translating as "Returnee to the Heavenly Shores"]
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- Used - Very good
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- First Edition
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- 1906
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- Trade paperback
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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NZ$2,538.00
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Tokyo: Daigakukan, 1906. First Edition. Trade paperback. Very good. A little known Meiji-era novel narrated by a young Japanese immigrant in the United States. The narrator seems to have come from the class of poor young people with knowledge of the modern world but little chance of advancement in tradition-bound Japan.
He offers opinions and philosophical musings… Read more about this item Item Price
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[Illustrated Journey Around the World] Eiri sekai shuyu-ki
by Gulick, O. H. [Orramel Hinckley]
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- First Edition
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- 1883
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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NZ$812.16
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Kobe, Japan: Beikoku Haken Denkyoshi Jimukyoku [American Board of Missionaries], 1883. First Edition. Good. A Christian missionary provides an illustrated travelog of the Holy Land, Europe, and the United States for Japanese audiences.
Gulick, born in Hawaii (1830-1923), was stationed in Japan from 1870 to 1892. In the early 1880s, he made an extended tour of… Read more about this item Item Price
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[Basic information on American cotton cloth: Explanation of all varieties of American cotton cloth, its standard table and munitions standard] Beikoku menpu no kiso chishiki: Amerika menpu ni tsuite no subete no hinshu kaisetsu to sono kikakuhyo oyobi gunju kikaku
by Yoshikawa, Kazushi
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- Used - Near fine
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- 1955
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- Hardcover
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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NZ$710.64
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Tokyo: Konan Shoin, 1955. Hardcover. Near fine. A reference guide to American cotton fabric, with 230 samples pasted in. The purpose of the book was to provide Japanese cloth manufacturers with a reference book of Western fabric styles, names, and specifications to help Japanese factories sell to the American market.
The book is printed left-to-right in… Read more about this item Item Price
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Resume of the Controversy Between Japan and the United States Arising Out of the California Question / Kashu mondai ni kansuru nichibei kosho tenmatsu
by [Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade] Gaimusho tsushokyoku daisanka
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- Used
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- First Edition
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- 1920
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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NZ$3,045.60
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[Tokyo]: Gaimusho tsushokyoku daisanka, 1920. First Edition. A bilingual pamphlet detailing the origins of and the official Japanese response to the 1913 Alien Land Law passed in California. The law prohibited foreigners who were not eligible to obtain citizenship from purchasing land or entering into leases longer than three years. It applied almost entirely to Asian immigrants, who were… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Game of Go: The National Game of Japan
by Smith, Arthur
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- Used - Very good
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- Very good
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- First Edition
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- 1908
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- Hardcover
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- 9781227369002
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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NZ$3,045.60
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New York: Moffat, Yard & Company, 1908. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. The book that introduced the game of go to the English-speaking world. Smith's book drew heavily on the articles on the game by Oskar Korschelt, which were only published in a German journal of Far Eastern studies. Korschelt learned the game from Murase Shobo, the… Read more about this item Item Price
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[Guide to Seattle] Shiatoru annai
by North American-Japanese Chamber of Commerce
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- Used
- Edition
- Third Edition
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- 1932
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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NZ$3,756.24
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Seattle (Shiatoru): Hokubei nihonjinkai shogyo kaigisho (North American-Japanese Chamber of Commerce), 1932. Third Edition. The third edition, after much shorter versions published in 1928 and 1929. This is a promotional publication printed at a Japanese-language press in Seattle, intended to encourage pan-Pacific trade through the port of Seattle. Chapters are devoted to manufacturing, commercial business, the current state of… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Pacific Era and the United States (English title) / Taiheiyo jidai to Beikoku: Kyokuto ninshiki, yoron, seiji, keizai, bunka no doko kenkyu
by Dodo, Masao
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- Used - Near fine
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- First Edition
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- 1933
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- Trade paperback
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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NZ$812.16
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Los Angeles: Rafu Shinposha / Los Angeles Japanese Daily News, 1933. First Edition. Trade paperback. Near fine. An example of kokumin gaiko, or people's diplomacy, in support of the Japanese Army's occupation of China. Dodo was the editor of Rafu Shimpo, the largest Japanese daily in Los Angeles, and according to newspaper accounts at the time, a frequent… Read more about this item Item Price
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Resume of the Controversy Between Japan and the United States Arising Out of the California Question / Kashu mondai ni kansuru nichibei kosho tenmatsu
by [Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade] Gaimusho tsushokyoku daisanka
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- Used
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- First Edition
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- 1920
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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[Tokyo]: Gaimusho tsushokyoku daisanka, 1920. First Edition. A bilingual pamphlet detailing the origins of and the official Japanese response to the 1913 Alien Land Law passed in California. The law prohibited foreigners who were not eligible to obtain citizenship from purchasing land or entering into leases longer than three years. It applied almost entirely to Asian immigrants, who were… Read more about this item Item Price
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[Japan and the United States: Young Warriors] Nichibei moshi tatakawaba
by Tamura, Shoichiro
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- 1929
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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NZ$1,015.20
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Kyoto: Bunsen Shoin, 1929. A book tracing the history of US-Japanese relations focusing on the growth of anti-Japanese sentiment in the United States and the legal and diplomatic efforts to exclude and discriminate against Japanese immigrants. The author then turns to the growing possibility of a war in the Pacific between the two countries.
The book fits into… Read more about this item Item Price
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[North American Travelogue] Hokubei yuki
by Sugishita, Taroemon
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- Used - Very good
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- First Edition
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- 1895
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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NZ$4,568.40
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Kofuku, Gifu Prefecture, Japan: (the author), 1895. First Edition. Very good. A travelog of the author's trip to the United States to visit the 1893 Columbian Exposition in Chicago. Sugishita went on to be a banker and member of the House of Representatives in Japan. This is a scarce 19th century Japanese view of the United States.
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Will Japan Fight with America? Nichibei issen ron: Ichimei mushiki no kyofu
by Kawashima, Seijiro
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- Used - Very good
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- First Edition
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- 1925
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- Trade paperback
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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Tokyo: Keibunkan, 1925. First Edition. Trade paperback. Very good. An examination of the likelihood and potential shape of a war in the Pacific between Japan and the United States, with an emphasis on naval and aerial battles. Kawashima focuses more on the Philippines and Guam and less over Hawaii than some writers on the subject. He also considers… Read more about this item Item Price
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[The Last Tycoon (in Japanese)] Saigo no ookimi [Signed Issue]
by Murakami, Haruki (translator) and F. Scott Fitzgerald
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- Used - Fine
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- Fine
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- First Edition
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- 2022
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- Hardcover
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- 9784120055027
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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NZ$812.16
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Tokyo: Chuokoron-shinsha, 2022. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. In addition to being a prolific novelist, Murakami has done extensive translation work, including bringing many American writers like Raymond Carver, Raymond Chandler, Ursula LeGuin, Truman Capote, J. D. Salinger, and Fitzgerald into Japanese. Translation, with running, is one of his main avocations, something he does for fun.
This is… Read more about this item Item Price
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[Camino Island in Japanese, titled Chasing Great Gatsby] Gureto gyatsubi o oe [Signed Issue]
by Murakami, Haruki (translator) and John Grisham
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- Used - Fine
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- Fine
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- First Edition
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- 2020
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- Hardcover
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- 9784120053412
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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Tokyo: Chuokoron-shinsha, 2020. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. In addition to being a prolific novelist, Murakami has done extensive translation work, including bringing many American writers like Raymond Carver, Raymond Chandler, Ursula LeGuin, Truman Capote, J. D. Salinger, and Fitzgerald (The Great Gatsby) into Japanese. Translation, with running, is one of his main avocations, something he does for fun.
… Read more about this item Item Price
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Katsura Villa: Space and Form [The Ambiguity of Its Space (cover title)]
by Ishimoto, Yasuhiro (photographs) and Arata Isozaki (text)
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- Used - Near fine
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- Near fine
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- First Edition
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- 1987
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- Hardcover
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- 9780847807833
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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NZ$609.12
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New York: Rizzoli, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Near fine. A color photo monograph on one of the masterpieces of Japanese architecture.
Over 200 illustrations; 192 in color. 267 pages. 10-1/2 by 13-1/2 inches. Translated from the Japanese. First US edition. A near fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Boards slightly splayed (bowed out). Item Price
NZ$609.12
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The Art of Usagi Yojimbo
by Sakai, Stan
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- Used - Fine
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- First Edition
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- 2004
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- Hardcover
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- 9781593072681
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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NZ$1,218.24
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Milwaukie, OR: Dark Horse Books, 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. An oversized book reproducing examples of Stan Sakai's Usagi Yojimbo artwork from throughout his then twenty-year career. Many of the drawings are previously unpublished. With a 32-page color section of Sakai's paintings, many of which are cover illustrations.
Usagi Yojimbo, an anthropomorphic samurai saga with a rabbit… Read more about this item Item Price
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